2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #8: €25,500 Platinum High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
€596,883
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,500
Prize Pool
€1,971,250
Entries
83
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
54
Players Left
30

Riess Wins One With No Showdown

Level 8 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action folded to Ryan Riess who opened to 26,000 from the button and Anthony Zinno defended from the big blind.

The flop came {9-Hearts}{8-Spades}{6-Spades} and Zinno checked. Riess bet 20,000 and Zinno check-called. The dealer burned and turned the {q-Clubs} and both players opted to check it to the {8-Clubs} river. Zinno threw in a bet of 75,000 and Riess snap-called. Zinno directly tossed his cards in the muck and Riess raked in the pot, with no showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,150,000 -120,000
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
850,000 100,000

Frank Doubles Through Thorel

Level 8 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action folded to Christopher Frank who raised to 80,000 from the hijack, leaving 2,000 behind, and Jean-Noel Thorel called from the cutoff.

A flop reading {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and Frank threw his last 2,000 in the middle. Thorel called and the players' hands were turned over.

Christopher Frank: {a-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Jean-Noel Thorel: {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}

Frank was ahead with a pair of aces. The {q-Hearts} turn and {2-Diamonds} river filled up the board and Frank doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
1,920,000 180,000
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
175,000 125,000

Tags: Christopher FrankJean-Noel Thorel

Morgenstern Leaves Frank on Crumbs

Level 8 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Christopher Frank raised it up from early position and Anton Morgenstern three-bet from the cutoff. The action was back on Frank who four-bet shoved all in and Morgenstern called off his stack of 423,000.

Anton Morgenstern: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Christopher Frank: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Morgenstern was in a dominating lead and the board of {j-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} left things the way they started. Morgenstern's double up left Frank with just around 50,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
865,000 500,000
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
50,000 -670,000

Tags: Christopher FrankAnton Morgenstern

Level: 8

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

Morgenstern Folds to Filatov's Shove

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Anatoly Filatov raised to 25,000 from middle position and Anton Morgenstern called from the small blind.

The flop came {a-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and Morgenstern checked. Filatov bet 15,000 and Morgenstern check-called.

The dealer burned and turned the {2-Hearts} and Morgenstern checked once more. Filatov continued with a bet of 50,000 and Morgenstern check-raised 150,000. Filatov added the remainder to call.

The {2-Spades} filled up the board and this time, Morgenstern led out with a bet of 300,000. Filatov responded by moving all in for about 875,000. Morgenstern thought for a long while, using four of his time bank cards, but opted to let it go.

Player Chips Progress
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
1,555,000 -55,000
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
365,000 -835,000

Tags: Anatoly FilatovAnton Morgenstern

Updated Chip Counts

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
WSOP 2X Winner
2,210,000 710,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
2,130,000 230,000
Johannes Becker de
Johannes Becker
WSOP 1X Winner
2,105,000 -15,000
Yake Wu cn
Yake Wu
1,760,000 1,425,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
1,740,000 140,000
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
1,610,000 760,000
Abdelhakim Zoufri nl
Abdelhakim Zoufri
1,500,000 100,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
1,000,000
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
1,000,000
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000
Pavel Binar cz
Pavel Binar
975,000 -25,000

Mateos Doubles Through Eibinger

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

Orpen Kisacikoglu raised to 25,000 from the cutoff and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 75,000 from the button. Matthias Eibinger four-bet to 185,000 from the big blind and Kisacikoglu snap-folded but Mateos added the remainder to call.

The flop fell {10-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Spades} and Eibinger moved all in for about 1,050,000. Mateos snap-called for less with about 400,000 and the players tabled their hands.

Adrian Mateos: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Matthias Eibinger: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The {5-Hearts} turn and {7-Diamonds} river completed the board and Mateos doubled up with jacks and sevens.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
1,300,000 744,000
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
650,000 -248,000

Tags: Adrian MateosMatthias EibingerOrpen Kisacikoglu

Foxen Barrels All the Way

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Alex Foxen opened to 22,000 from under the gun and was called by Adrian Mateos in the big blind. The flop came {k-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Hearts} and Mateos check-called a bet of 18,000 from Foxen.

The turn brought the {j-Hearts} and Mateos checked again. Foxen fired out another bet of 115,000 and Mateos still called. The river was the {a-Clubs} and Mateos checked for the third time. Foxen used a time extension before shoving all in for 708,000. Mateos used one of his own but eventually laid his hand down.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
1,033,000 396,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
556,000 26,000

Tags: Adrian MateosAlex Foxen

Vieira's Shove Gets Through

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

There was a pot of about 195,000 in the middle and the flop was reading {9-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} when Joao Vieira checked from middle position. Jack Sinclair bet 90,000 from the button and Vieira check-called.

The turn was the {7-Clubs} and Vieira checked once more. Sinclar bet 200,000 and Vieira took a few seconds of reflection then check-raised all in for 750,000. Sinclair snap-folded.

Player Chips Progress
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
1,350,000 -80,000
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
WSOP 1X Winner
720,000 -505,000

Tags: Jack SinclairJoao Vieira

Grafton Bets Three Streets

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On a flop reading {9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, Sam Grafton bet 25,000 from the small blind and Dario Sammartino called from the cutoff.

The dealer bruned and turned the {j-Clubs} and Grafton continued with a bet of 52,000 that Sammartino called again.

The {5-Diamonds} completed the board and Grafton threw in a bet of 80,000. Sammartino called once more. Grafton turned over {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds} for a jack-high flush and Sammartino sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
1,900,000 1,900,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
835,000 -15,000

Tags: Dario SammartinoSam Grafton